*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Post-Dispatch started using diacritical marks on May 14, 2002. A diacritical mark is defined as: any of various marks, as a ...

Pablo and Nancy Chaires Espinoza stand at the state Capitol with their son Nicolás on March 21, 2023. Because of state rules, the accent marks in Nicolás’ name were omitted on his birth certificate – ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A proposed California bill could allow ...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 08: Adrian Gonzalez #23 of the New York Mets hits a grand slam in the third inning against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on April 8, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo ...

Nicolás Agustín Espinoza Chaires may be only 6 years old, but he has a request for the state of California. “I want to be able to spell my name correctly,” he said on Wednesday afternoon, while ...

5 / 1 | These two diacritical marks are mirror images of each other. One is called the ogonek. What’s the other called? In Spanish, it means “little Z”. You usually find this mark used in a word that ...

Since 1986, when California voted to make English its official language, residents have not been able to include diacritic marks like accents and tildes in official documents — like drivers’ licenses ...

I want my name spelled right. People usually do. Especially when their name appears in a newspaper. A long time ago, way back in the 20th century, I remember a comment that went something like this: I ...